RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

IN THE MATTER OF:	DOCKET NUMBER: BC-2020-00247

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  	HEARING REQUESTED: NO

APPLICANT’S REQUEST

He receive service credit for his two years in the Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFJROTC) program.

APPLICANT’S CONTENTIONS

He was an AFJROTC cadet while in the 10th and 11th grades.  He provides his high school record.  

The applicant’s complete submission is at Exhibit A.

STATEMENT OF FACTS

The applicant is a former Air Force Reserve airman (E-2).  

On 5 Oct 81, according to Reserve Order B-3894, dated 20 Sep 91, the applicant reported to Basic Military Training.

On 4 Nov 81, according to Special Order AC-4830 dated 4 Nov 81, the applicant was honorably discharged from the Air Force.

The applicant provides a DD Form 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, which shows he completed a period of active duty from 5 Oct 81 to 4 Nov 81.  He was credited with one month of active duty service.

In a letter dated 31 Mar 11, SAF/LL informed his Congressman that while the AFJROTC program is organized like the active duty Air Force, it does not subject students to a military obligation and is not considered active or inactive creditable service.

APPLICABLE AUTHORITY

The National Defense Act of 1916, under 10 U.S.C. § 2031, established the AFJROTC program to instill values of citizenship, service, personal responsibility and a sense of accomplishment.  The program is a citizenship program and is not chartered as a recruiting program and students who participate do not incur an obligation to the Air Force.  It is not considered creditable active or inactive service.  

FINDINGS AND CONCLUSION

1.  The application was not timely filed.

2.  The applicant exhausted all available non-judicial relief before applying to the Board.

3.  After reviewing all Exhibits, the Board concludes the applicant is not the victim of an error or injustice.  The applicant contends he did not receive proper service credit for his time participating in the AFJROTC program while in high school.  However, as pointed out in the SAF/LL memorandum dated 31 Mar 11, time in the AFJROTC program is not creditable for active or inactive service.  The Board also notes the applicant did not file the application within three years of discovering the alleged error or injustice, as required by Section 1552 of Title 10, United States Code, and Air Force Instruction 36-2603, Air Force Board for Correction of Military Records (AFBCMR).  The Board does not find it in the interest of justice to waive the three-year filing requirement.  Therefore, the Board finds the application untimely and recommends against correcting the applicant’s records.

RECOMMENDATION

The Board recommends informing the applicant the application was not timely filed; it would not be in the interest of justice to excuse the delay; and the Board will reconsider the application only upon receipt of relevant evidence not already presented.

CERTIFICATION

The following quorum of the Board, as defined in Air Force Instruction (AFI) 36-2603, Air Force Board for Correction of Military Records (AFBCMR), paragraph 1.5, considered Docket Number BC-2020-00247 in Executive Session on 2 Sep 20:

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All members voted against correcting the record.  The panel considered the following:

Exhibit A:	Application, DD Form 149, w/atchs, dated 31 Oct 19.
Exhibit B:	Documentary evidence, including relevant excerpts from official records.

Taken together with all Exhibits, this document constitutes the true and complete Record of Proceedings, as required by AFI 36-2603, paragraph 4.11.9.